I don’t love talking with strangers. I’m an introvert at heart, and making an effort to engage in social interaction ...

Conversation lulls are natural and happen more frequently than we might realize. Keeping a conversation going can be tricky.

Wondering how to start a conversation? I could say simply that you aren’t alone in wondering. Or I could break the fourth wall a little. Humor me the latter. As a writer in the digital age with access ...

One wrong comment can sour a dinner faster than bad wine—yet most people don’t realize which subjects secretly drain the room ...

With each turn of the news cycle, you may wonder how anyone in their right mind, seeing what they’re seeing, could still hold ...

As humans, we’re talking to each other constantly. With all that practice, we must be pretty good at it—right? Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of ...

Whether it is a new neighbor, classmate, colleague at work, or potential romantic interest, you always consider the best ways to begin a conversation. What questions should you ask when you first meet ...

How do you handle a friend who never stops talking? My longtime friend has always been a good storyteller, but as we become older, she hijacks every conversation when we get together. She’s oblivious ...